We audited our own quote library one passage at a time and removed the ones that were not what they claimed to be. The findings are on our list of misattributed Stoic quotes.
- Stoic Quotes on Death
Twelve passages on mortality from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus and Musonius Rufus, each with its source.
- Stoic Quotes on Perception and Judgment
Ten passages on the Stoic claim that events do not disturb us, our judgments about them do.
- Stoic Quotes on Anxiety and Fear
Seven passages on imagined trouble, from Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus, each with its source.
- Stoic Quotes on Discipline and Self-Mastery
Twelve passages on habit, attention and the use of time, with chapter and verse.
- Stoic Quotes on Character
Ten passages on what a person is made of, and how the Stoics thought it was built.
- Stoic Quotes on Dealing with Other People
Nine passages on difficult people, insult, anger and what we owe each other.
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- Check a Stoic quote
Paste a line attributed to Marcus Aurelius, Seneca or Epictetus and find out whether it is theirs. Runs in your browser, nothing is sent anywhere.
- The Stoic quotes that are not Stoic
The quotations we traced to someone else: a screenwriter, a songwriter, Voltaire, Kant, a Victorian minister. Found by auditing our own library.
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